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The Dragon of Wantley (Warncliff, Yorkshire) is an English legend about More of More Hall who slayed a monster. The story recounts how More procures a suit of armour studded with spikes and proceeded to the well where the dragon had his lair. Once their, the hero kicked the dragon in his mouth - the only vulnerable part - and killed it.
An explanation for the legend is provided by Dr Percy who says that the 'dragon' was actually an overgrown, rascally attorney, who had cheated some children of their estate, but who was made to disgorge by a gentleman named More, who went against him, armed with the spikes of the law, after which the attorney died of vexation.
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Earth was old English for an animal's underground lair or hole. The term first occurs in the Domesday book referring to the village in Essex of Focsearde (now Foxearth), though the Oxford English Dictionary erroneously claims the term to first occur in a book published in 1575.
The earth is the name for third planet from the sun.
Serpent's Lair is an erotic thriller starring Jeff Fahey, Lisa B and Heather Medway in a story about a man who after his wife is hospitalised by a freak accident meets a mysterious woman with links to the occult. Serpent's Lair was directed by Jeffrey Reiner in 1995.
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The Grinch (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) is a comedy fantasy starring Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor and Christine Baranski in an adaptation of the book by Dr Seuss about a cold-hearted hermit who sits alone in his moutain lair resenting the happiness of the local town in the run-up to christmas and decides to ruin christmas for the town, only to be befriended by a little girl. The Grinch was directed by Ron Howard in 2000.
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Babe lair is American slang for a swanky home that is helpful in attracting women for sexual encounters.
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Lair is Australian slang for a flashy man who shows off.
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Lion's lair is London Cockney rhyming slang for chair.
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Teddy bear is London Cockney rhyming slang for a pear.
Teddy bear is American slang for a fur-lined high-altitude flying suit.
Teddy bear is Australian rhyming slang for a flashily dressed, ostentatious man. A show off (lair).
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